Early in the morning, Fawkes took a nap, and in his dream he saw Cook mingling with several bandits, and no matter how much he called, Cook ignored him, and finally Cook and the thieves were caught by the king and beheaded in turn.

At this moment, a flock of birds flew overhead, and the alert Fawkes suddenly woke up when he heard the sound.

At this time, he found that the carriage was empty, and Cook and his wife were gone.

Fawkes was startled and sprang up from the blanket. He searched the back and back of the carriage carefully, but there was no sign of the two of them. At this time, Fox was in a hurry, and immediately called out loudly: "Cook, Ruby, what about you people?" ”

Ruby's response came from the woods in the distance: "Here, Cook is pooping, and it'll be fine soon!" ”

Fox heard the sound and went into the woods, and he was relieved to see Cook crouching on the edge of a small ditch wiping his buttocks. He did panic just now, and thought that he had lost his child and wife like this, which made Fox deeply afraid. He suddenly thought of the incident of leaving their mother and son alone in the woods last night, and then he felt that he was indeed a little careless, and it was no wonder that Ruby was suddenly angry last night.

Fortunately, his wife was more generous and had long forgotten about last night's incident, which made Fox feel a little apologetic.

After personally leading Cook out of the woods, Falk said frankly: "In the future, it is safer to carry some guards with you, this world is so restless, it is inevitable that you will encounter accidents." ”

"If only you could think so." Ruth smiled with satisfaction and reached out to remove the leaves from Fawkes' hair.

The family went back to the blanket to eat some bread, drink some water and wine, and take a break! After packing up, they returned to the carriage, and with a wave of Fawkes's whip, the carriage quickly turned back to the road and continued to gallop in the direction of Fengdu!

Fengdu is a famous city on the mainland, and the kings of the northern kingdom lived here during the Sixteen Kingdoms, and it has become a holy place again, so the current northern country is also called Fengdu territory! The Maple Territory is very important in the kingdom and is almost the soul symbol of the Knight people! Fengdu's territory is vast, and it is the largest of the sixteen territories of the kingdom; However, the territory is covered with large areas of virgin dense forests and mountains, and there are only inhabitants and arable land around the Fengdu River, which makes it a vast and sparsely populated area.

However, the holy land of Fengdu is extremely lively, although Fengdu is not as magnificent as the royal capital, but the holy city of Fengdu is close to the royal capital, and it is the second largest city in this continent! More than 300,000 people live in the city, and in the north of the city stands the most solemn temple on the mainland, and the pilgrimage here is endless, and the streets and alleys are crowded with hawkers, and the lively scene is inferior to that of the king.

At noon, the Fox family finally drove to the gate of the West Side! Seeing Earl Fawkes' carriage coming, a pleasant trumpet sounded in the distance on the castle tower! This is the unique ceremony of welcoming distinguished guests in Fengdu, and under normal circumstances, only the palace will prepare such a guard of honor, which shows how much Fengdu pays attention to etiquette and hospitality.

Fox still didn't stop the carriage, and galloped quickly into the lively maple city, and then slowly drove down the bustling street.

The temple is located on the north side of the Maple Capital City, and the temple is dedicated to the gods of the Knights, such as Balk, the god of all things, the goddess Shanas, and of course, the god of war in the most prominent position!

The entrance to the shrine is crowded with people, and the gate is crowded with people who come to pay their respects. Fawkes parked the carriage and left it to the temple guards, then lined up with his wife and son to enter the temple.

All men are equal before the gods, this is the amazing saying left by the god of war Knight when he overthrew the slave Gotha dynasty.

Although the nobility of the present day is superior, everyone in front of the temple obeys Knight's famous saying, whether it is the princes or the common people, they have to line up to worship the gods in turn, even if the king himself comes.

They slowly stepped into the temple with a group of civilians, and every step they took was to pay homage to the gods.

When I got to the temple, it wasn't so crowded! Ruby was a devout believer in the gods, and she bowed down to each idol in turn, praying that the gods would grant Cook good luck and bless him with peace and happiness throughout his life.

Fawkes didn't care much about the other gods, he took Cook by the hand and slowly stayed by his side, his eyes fixed on the tall statue of the god of war in the innermost part the whole time.

When they arrived at the statue of the god of war, Fawkes made a knightly salute respectfully, then knelt in front of the statue and prayed silently.

No one is more devout to the God of War than Fawkes, he closed his eyes and silently said in his heart: "Honorable and great God of War, I am your most faithful servant!" Please give us Cook the strength and courage to let the descendants of Earl's Court continue to serve you and continue to fulfill your sacred mission of caring for all people and defending your homeland! ”

Standing in front of the tall statue of the god of war, Cook felt small, and he never understood why people liked to sculpt gods into giants.

Just as Cook stared at the idol, a child from a poor family let out an "oops" and hit Cook directly.

Little Cook looked strangely to the side, only to see a chubby child kicking the boy who had just bumped into him. Judging from this guy's fat body, he was obviously born in a wealthy aristocratic family, and the arrogance on his face was unstoppable, as if he was the biggest in the world. This aristocratic kid looks like he is only seven or eight years old, and he knows how to bully people at a young age.

The poor poor boy screamed in pain, and his mother rushed over when she heard the sound, picked up her child in distress, and pleaded with the noble fat boy, saying, "Noble master, spare him, don't alarm the gods!" ”

The aristocratic fat boy was very arrogant, and without saying a word, he kicked at the mother, which caused everyone to exclaim.

However, something unexpected happened, and the five-year-old Cook suddenly became angry, and for the first time, he clenched his fist and slammed it into the fat boy's mouth.

The fat boy was usually arrogant, who knew that anyone would dare to do this to him. After being inexplicably punched by Cook, he came over angrily and pushed Cook to the ground!

Ruby hurriedly got up, just about to dissuade her, but Fawkes, who had already seen all this, reached out to stop her.

Cook quickly rushed to his feet, his face full of anger, he had never been so angry.

Then Cook performed even more amazingly, he swooped down, grabbed the fat boy's legs, tripped the boy who was three years older than him to the ground, and then rode on top of him, and the left and right two small hands took turns hitting him in the face.

I didn't expect Cook to be so fast, and the fat boy was so beaten that he couldn't resist it, and he just tore his throat and cried.

A nobleman immediately burst out of the crowd and shouted indiscriminately: "Who is beating my son, is it looking for death!" ”

After speaking, the nobleman looked at it, it turned out that it was the child of the nobleman of another family beating his son, he didn't say a word and stretched out his hand to push Cook to the ground, hurriedly hugged his fat son, and kept scolding in his mouth: "TM, whose little rabbit cub are you, are you looking for death!" ”

In two sentences in a row, Shengsheng threatened with death, which is the most annoying for this kind of person, Fox. But more than that, the nobleman looked at the poor mother on the ground and thought that Cook was her child! He was arrogant, and he raised his foot and kicked at the mother, causing the mother's mouth to bleed and hurt.

This situation made Fawkes unbearable, only to hear a snort, Fawkes quickly pulled out the long sword at his waist, and with a wave of his hand, the long sword was pressed against the nobleman's neck.

The nobleman let out a cold sweat, he didn't know what was going on, and he felt something sharp on his neck that made him uncomfortable.

When he looked at it, he was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, and begged for mercy at Fawkes, "Uncle... Lord Count, you... How did you end up here. Just now, I was so excited that I couldn't hide it, and I begged the Earl to forgive me for my ignorance! ”

After saying that, he kowtowed desperately to Fawkes, but Fawkes was angry and stared at him deadly.

The nobleman didn't know what to do, and then he noticed that Cook was standing up with Ruby's support, and then Cook was standing next to Fawkes, staring at him angrily.

In an instant, the nobleman understood, he knelt on the ground, turned to Cook on his knees, and apologized to Cook again and again: "It turns out that this is the legendary Little Earl Lord Cook, who has eyes and no beads below, and has many offenses, and I ask the Little Earl Cook to forgive me for being an ignorant person!" ”

After finishing speaking, this shameless man who bullied the weak and feared the hard actually kowtowed desperately to the five-year-old Cook and begged for mercy.

Fawkes glared at him and pointed to the poor mother huddled beside her.

The nobleman quickly understood, and he immediately took out a money bag from his arms, stretched out his hand and handed her the entire money bag, and said very politely: "I was wrong just now, I apologize to you!" There are thirty silver coins in this bag, and when I apologize, you can go back and recuperate! ”

Although the mother hated this vicious nobleman very much, the poor did not dare to cause trouble, and there was no reason to have trouble with money.

She reached out and took the money bag, stood up and saluted, "Thank you, Your Excellency!" ”

"No thanks, no thanks, don't dare to be, this is what I should do!" The nobleman pushed back and looked at Fawkes with pleading eyes.

At this time, a big nobleman came out of the crowd, and he yelled at the nobleman who was kneeling on the ground: "Get out, you blasphemous guy, get out of the temple for me!" ”

When the nobleman saw the new nobleman, he was even more frightened and didn't dare to speak, and after kowtowing a few times, he immediately took his fat son and fled into the crowd.

People who can have such a ruthless tone are naturally not ordinary nobles. He is the lord of the Maple Territory, the third duke of the kingdom, Bolante.

When Duke Bronte saw that the nobleman had left, he turned around and saluted Fawkes, and then greeted with a smile on his face: "The guards just reported that the earl was coming to our Fengdu, and I knew that the earl would come to the temple, so I came here to greet him!" ”

Fawkes looked serious, he put away his long sword, bowed respectfully, and then replied calmly: "Lord Duke, I just came to visit my brother William, and when I passed by Fengdu, I came to the temple to worship, and there was nothing to do!" ”

After hearing this, the Duke of Bronte raised his head and smiled: "Hahaha, Lord Earl and our Knight Lord William are really like brothers, they should visit, they should visit!" ”

Fawkes nodded, and accompanied by Duke Bronte, he took Ruby and Cook as he walked and said, "Lord Duke, who is that nobleman just now, I don't know if I caused trouble for Lord Duke!" ”

"Hey!" , Duke Borante replied disdainfully: "What trouble can a little nobleman without a title have, just a little person, ignore him!" Well, how is Lord Connor? Does His Majesty have any recent instructions for this? ”

As soon as Fawkes heard it, he knew that this Bronte lowered his status as a duke to curry favor with himself, just to find out what was going on in the palace. Originally, Fox was too lazy to pay attention to him, but he was a duke, so he had to live on face.

Fox said perfunctorily: "It's okay lately, nothing big has changed, except that the security issues around the Northland Fortress are occasionally mentioned." ”

"Oh!" , Borunte nodded again and again and agreed: "Understood, understood." In the past few years, there have been bandits near the Hero's Road, and the lords of Wu Tuo and Vedon should reflect on it! ”

Duke Bronte is really an old Jianghu, and he pushes the responsibility cleanly in one sentence, and Fawkes is obviously not good at it in the struggle for power.

Of course, Fox only said this to deal with him, and he didn't bother to talk to him about these things.

After chatting with the Duke at the gate of the temple, Fawkes declined Bronte's invitation to a banquet and continued to drive the carriage to the north gate of Fengdu.

After leaving Fengdu, the carriage continued along a road by the river, and William's estate was not far to the north.